CLAIRE SCOBIE’S LATEST BOOK
Wild Hope
Stories of living and leading
in uncertain times.
Real stories that show us the future isn’t broken.
A better one is already emerging.
Writer Claire Scobie thought she had life’s bigger questions figured out until a seemingly ordinary moment cracked her world open.
As old certainties fall away, she and her husband move to Gumbaynggirr Country on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, where he is from. There she meets filmmakers, farmers, CEOs, Elders and shopkeepers who are asking, what now?
From the push to make Melbourne’s Yarra River swimmable again to people-owned power in Bristol, England, and children speaking Gumbaynggirr in a Coffs Harbour school hall as if the language never left, she learns what happens when people stop waiting for perfect solutions.
Interwoven with Claire’s personal story, Wild Hope shows us that the future is not broken; a better one is already being built.
Wild Hope ‘is an insight into what the world could be’.
JASON STEGER, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Reviews & Interviews
The Booklist
Jason Steger – Literary journalist
Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Q&A
Meet the Author
Podcasts & Radio
FINDING NATURE WITH
NATHAN ROBERTSON-BALL
‘I found great joy and comfort in Claire’s work and this conversation.’ Nathan Robertson-Ball
I loved this thoughtful conversation with Nathan about Wild Hope, community, our connection to nature and the places where meaningful change begins. Nathan beautifully describes our conversation as exploring my own journey of transformation and how, through local connection, immersing in nature and learning from First Nations cultures and practices, I’ve learnt to walk a path filled with ‘mystery, joy and love.’
THE REGENNARRATION WITH
ANTHONY JAMES
‘Wild Hope is a beautiful love story … emblematic of where regeneration meets reconciliation.’ Anthony James
As a long-time listener of Anthony’s podcast, it was particularly special to sit down with him and explore the story behind Wild Hope. We talk about the deeply personal journey that brought Aden and me back to Gumbaynggirr Country, the people and places I encountered along the way, and our unexpected shared journey towards understanding what lies at the heart of regeneration.
SENSE-MAKING IN A CHANGING WORLD
WITH MORAG GAMBLE
‘I loved this conversation, and I know you will too.’ Morag Gamble
Morag and I had never met before recording this conversation, but we found so much to explore that we kept talking long after the recording stopped. We delve into the moment that shifted me from denial towards wild hope, why meaningful change so often
begins hyperlocally and ripples outwards, and how storytelling itself can be a regenerative practice.
Upcoming events
SYDNEY
17 SEPTEMBER 2026
Thursday, 6.30pm to 8pm
The Rose Read Bookshop
134 Smith St, Summer Hill, NSW
MELBOURNE
15 OCTOBER 2026
Thursday, 5.30pm to 7.30pm
The Watershed
400-404 Victoria St, North Melbourne, VIC
SYDNEY
29 October 2026
Thursday, 6.00pm to 8.00pm
HP Bowlo, Hurlstone Park, NSW
BRISBANE
14 NOVEMBER 2026
Saturday, 2pm for a 2.30pm start
Avid Reader Bookshop
193 Boundary Street, West End Qld 4101
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OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Claire Scobie is the award-winning author of Last Seen in Lhasa, an enduring classic about Tibet, The Pagoda Tree and A Baboon in the Bedroom. She has written for the Observer, the UK’s Daily Telegraph and the Sydney Morning Herald. Through her company Wordstruck, she and her team help global corporates, not-for-profits and sustainable businesses uncover the stories that shape their work and the change they want to make in the world.
Claire is available to deliver conference keynotes, run storytelling workshops and coach leaders 1:1.
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Festivals | Conference keynotes | Leadership and business events | Literary panels | Podcasts
NEED A GOOD READ
My other books
A Baboon In The Bedroom
“This book is tremendous − full of love, family and adventure” − Mark Doyle, former BBC Africa correspondent
Last Seen in Lhasa
Winner of the 2007 Dolman Travel Book Award. “An absorbing and rewarding experience, written in stylish and elegant prose” − the Observer
The Pagoda Tree
“A novel to be savoured” − the Sydney Morning Herald; “Brilliantly evokes India on the eve of British rule” − Manju Kapur, author of Custody
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